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EY grabs global wins at SAP Partner Excellence Awards

The EY organization achieved significant recognition at the SAP Customer Success Summit by winning three SAP Partner Excellence Awards, including commendations for their contributions to digital transformation with SAP S/4HANA in the Asia Pacific Japan region, successful multiyear finance and business transformation projects in the EMEA South region, and a commitment to SAP certification in the EMEA North region.

Ooredoo Group selects SAP enable digital transformation

Ooredoo Group has partnered with SAP to enhance and consolidate its ERP solutions across its ten operating companies, aiming to improve customer and stakeholder experiences through advanced technology and innovation.

SAP Hackathon 2022 winners reveal sustainable blueprints for future smart cities

Atos, Deloitte, and IBM won the UK&I Innovation Labs’ SAP Hackathon 2022 for their innovative solutions aimed at addressing future urban challenges in smart city planning, food distribution, and waste management.

Enterprise architects invited to SAP Global Virtual Summit

SAP's Enterprise Architect Global Virtual Summit, occurring from March 1-3, 2022, aims to empower enterprise architects with strategies and tools for advancing digital transformation and collaboration, featuring keynotes, discussions, and sessions on sustainability and integration.

LetsGetChecked rises with SAP S/4HANA

LetsGetChecked, a healthcare solutions company, selected RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud on AWS to power its digital transformation. Sapphire Systems will provide implementation services.

Industry clouds: a key ingredient for agility and business opportunity

The astonishing pace of change in the world today driven by extraordinary levels of technology innovation has been pushing business towards the cloud for years.

What is the cost of change? Implications for your SAP roadmap

With the maintenance deadline for SAP ECC 6.0 fast approaching, organisations are deciding how they will use SAP going forward. For many, their ERP system is the heartbeat of the business, so they are currently evaluating the role it will play and what needs to change for it to be fit for purpose in today’s digital world.

‘RISE with SAP’ one year on – why PMC plays a pivotal role

SAP started 2020 with growing customer pressure from users, facing an End of Maintenance date of 2025, that were demanding more time to move away from Business Suite 7. This led to SAP extending the date [yet again] to 2027, with an option of support until 2030.

SAP announces share repurchase program

SAP has introduced a €1bn share repurchase program to support its 'Move SAP' employee compensation plan, transitioning from cash to share settlements for future awards to enhance employee ownership and align their interests with shareholders.

Strong SAP results reveal record cloud performance

For the fourth quarter, the company saw rapid expansion of current cloud backlog to €9.45bn, up 32 percent. Driven by strong adoption of RISE with SAP, S/4HANA current cloud backlog is up 84 percent to €1.71bn, while cloud revenue increased by 28 percent to €2.61bn.

SAP brews up solution for Twinings Ovaltine

SAP has announced it has been selected by Twinings Ovaltine to lead its transformation programme as it looks at ways it can better engage with its customers, while ensuring supply-chain reliability and operational efficiency.

ASDA chooses SAP as future digital platform

SAP has announced that Asda, the UK’s third largest supermarket chain with over 600 stores and 140,000 employees, has selected RISE with SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure as the digital core for its future platform, supported by SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Ariba solutions to digitalise procurement operations.

Paul Kurchina joins ERP Today as Global Brand Ambassador

Paul Kurchina, former board director of ASUG and respected SAP analyst, has joined ERP Today as its first global brand ambassador and advisor. Kurchina is considered by both industry and technology corporations as an information technology visionary and internationally respected builder of teams and communities.

UKISUG CONNECT 2021 – S/4HANA, RISE and customer relationships

Despite the travel disruption caused by Storm Arwen and the Omicron variant, it was fantastic to see so many people from across the SAP community come together at UKISUG CONNECT last week. It has been a long and challenging two years. But from listening to many of the customer sessions during the conference it’s clear that organisations haven’t stood still when it comes to their usage of SAP.

UKISUG research reveals 30 percent of UK SAP customers don’t know what RISE is

Research from the UK & Ireland SAP User Group reveals that 30% of SAP customers are unaware of RISE with SAP, with only 11% planning to adopt it, highlighting a significant knowledge gap and potential challenges for SAP in transitioning its legacy customer base to S/4HANA.

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SAP Q3 boosted by cloud

has announced strong financial results for Q3 ended 30 September 2021, showing a 20 percent year-on-year rise in cloud revenue to €2.39bn and a surge in RISE with SAP adoption.

SAP raises full year outlook

Cloud momentum has accelerated in the third quarter, with cloud revenue increasing by 20 percent to €2.39bn, current cloud backlog up 24 percent to €8.17bn and SAP S/4HANA current cloud backlog up 60 percent to €1.28bn.

Data start-up for SAP customers launches

Xmateria, a UK-based data company founded by former SNP managing director Ben McGrail, aims to assist SAP customers in navigating data transformation and modernization challenges, emphasizing the importance of data as a strategic asset amidst rising priorities like business resilience and digital transformation.

The cloud goes Vertical

The backdrop – commercial elasticity and the demand for workloads. The cloud has been one of, if not the, most transformative IT innovations in the short history of the IT discipline. The ability to convert CAPEX into OPEX has an irresistible lure to enterprises in a pandemic world more than ever.

ERP needs smarter (than the average bear) code testing

SmartBear's TestComplete enhances ERP application testing by enabling codeless mobile tests across multiple devices and browsers, streamlining automation for both technical and non-technical users to minimize downtime during updates.

SAP Ariba ‘buys’ into speedier route to Amazon Business

SAP has announced a partnership with Amazon Business to integrate its purchasing capabilities into SAP Ariba, enabling employees to access millions of items while ensuring compliance with corporate purchasing policies.

Fruitful ERP relies on successful automation

SAP users face the challenge of balancing routine operational demands with the urgent need for innovation, as they often rely on labor-intensive processes that hinder strategic development, but by adopting automation, organizations can improve efficiency, manage complexity, and better respond to business needs.

Inchcape chooses RISE with SAP to drive transformation

Inchcape, a global multi-brand automotive distributor, has selected RISE with SAP on Google Cloud to bring its business-critical sales, marketing and operations systems, and data to the cloud.

SAP acquires SwoopTalent to advance HXM strategy

SAP has acquired the intellectual property of SwoopTalent to integrate its AI-driven talent data technology into SAP SuccessFactors, enhancing individualised employee experiences and advancing SAP's vision for human experience management (HXM).

Precisely expands data management capability with Winshuttle acquisition

Precisely has reached an agreement to acquire Winshuttle, a provider of process automation and master data management software, enhancing its data integrity solutions following the recent acquisition of Infogix.

Strong cloud demand for SAP in Q2

SAP reported a 11% year-on-year growth in cloud revenue for Q2 2020, despite a 1% decline in total revenue to €6.7bn and a 23% drop in operating profit, while increasing its S/4HANA customer base to over 17,000 and raising its 2021 outlook for cloud revenue growth to 15-18%.

SAP to invest €250m in the UK

SAP plans to invest €250m in the UK over the next five years, launching a secure UK-based data cloud, opening new offices in London and Manchester, expanding its internship and apprenticeship programs, and enhancing support for social enterprises.

Global consultancies

A panel discussion among executives from leading consultancies EY, Capgemini, and Accenture revealed that while brand values, culture, and relationships are crucial for differentiating their services, the focus remains on delivering tangible results and meeting diverse client expectations in a competitive ERP landscape.

Products are dead, long live products – why servitisation could be key to post-pandemic recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged aerospace manufacturers like Rolls Royce to adapt their servitisation models, which focus on delivering outcomes rather than products, emphasizing the need for improved risk management and technological agility to foster long-term customer relationships and sustainable business practices.

Quantum ERP: a business ‘superposition’ for the future

Quantum computing, still in its early development stages, promises to revolutionize ERP systems by enabling exponentially greater processing power through qubits and superposition, potentially leading to enhanced real-time analytics, improved security, and the transition from operational to analytical ERP, though practical applications and widespread adoption remain distant challenges.